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A02655	A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia of the commodities and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabitants. Discouered by the English colon there seated by Sir Richard Greinuile Knight in the eere 1585. Which remained vnder the gouernement of twelue monethes, at the speciall charge and direction of the Honourable Sir Walter Raleigh Knight lord Warden of the stanneries who therein hath beene fauoured and authorised b her Maiestie :and her letters patents: This fore booke is made in English by Thomas Hariot seruant to the abouenamed Sir Walter, a member of the Colon, and there imploed in discouering Cum gratia et priuilegio Caes. Matis Speciali	Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621.; Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598. America.; White, John, fl. 1585-1593, artist.; Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616.; Veen, Gijsbert van, 1558-1630, engraver.	1590 (1590)	STC 12786; ESTC S106427	39,246	83

the same by little and little with drie mosse of trees and chipps of woode that the flame should not mounte opp to highe and burne to muche of the lengte of the tree When yt is almost burnt thorough and readye to fall they make a new fyre which they suffer to burne vntill the tree fall of yt owne accord Then burninge of the topp and bowghs of the tree in suche wyse that the bodie of the same may Retayne his iust lengthe they raise yt vppon potes laid ouer cross wise vppon forked posts at suche a reasonable heighte as rhey may handsomlye worke vppōyt Then take they of the barke with certayne shells thy reserue the innermost parte of the lennke for the nethermost parte of the boate On the other side they make a fyre accordinge to the lengthe of the bodye of the tree sauinge at both the endes That which they thinke is sufficientlye burned they quenche and scrape away with shells and makinge a new fyre they burne yt agayne and soe they continne somtymes burninge and sometymes fcrapinge vntill the boate haue sufficient bothowmes This god in dueth thise sauage people with sufficient reason to make thinges necessarie to serue their turnes XIII Their manner of fishynge in Virginia They haue likewise a notable way to catche fishe in their Riuers for whear as they lacke both yron and steele they faste vnto their Reedes or longe Rodds the hollowe tayle of a certaine fishe like to a sea crabb in steede of a poynte wehr with by nighte or day they stricke fishes and take them opp into their boates They also know how to vse the prickles and pricks of other fishes They also make weares with settinge opp reedes or twigges in the water which they soe plant one within another that they growe still narrower and narrower as appeareth by this figure Ther was neuer seene amonge vs soe cunninge a way to take fish withall wherof sondrie sortes as they fownde in their Riuers vnlike vnto ours which are also of a verye good taste Dowbtless yt is a pleasant sighte to see the people somtymes wadinge and goinge somtymes sailinge in those Riuers which are shallowe and not deepe free from all care of heapinge opp Riches for their posterite content with their state and liuinge frendlye together of those thinges which god of his bountye hath giuen vnto them yet without giuinge hym any thankes according to his desarte So sauage is this people and depriued of the true knowledge of god For they haue none other then is mentionned before in this worke XIIII The brovvyllinge of their fishe ouer the flame After they haue taken store of fishe they gett them vnto a place fitt to dress yt Ther they sticke vpp in the grownde 4. stakes in a square roome and lay 4 potes vppon them and others ouer thwart thesame like vnto an hurdle of sufficient heigthe and layinge their fishe vppon this hurdle they make a fyre vnderneathe to broile the same not after the manner of the people of Florida which doe but schorte and harden their meate in the smoke onlye to Reserue thesame duringe all the winter For this people reseruinge nothinge for store thei do broile and spend away all att once and when they haue further neede they roste or seethe fresh as wee shall see heraffter And when as the hurdle can not holde all the fishes they hange the Rest by the fyrres on sticks sett vpp in the grounde a gainst the fyre and than they finishe the rest of their cookerye They take good heede that they bee not burntt When the first are broyled they lay others on that weare newlye broughte continuinge the dressinge of their meate in this sorte vntill they thincke they haue sufficient XV. Their seetheynge of their meate in earthen pottes Their woemen know how to make earthen vessells with special Cunninge and that so large and fine that our potters with lhoye wheles can make noe better ant then Remoue them from place to place as easelye as we candoe our brassen kettles After they haue set them vppon an heape of erthe to stay them from fallinge they putt wood vnder which being kyndled one of them taketh great care that the fyre burne equallye Rounde abowt They or their woemen fill the vessel with water and then putt they in fruite flesh and fish and lett all boyle together like a galliemaufrye which the Spaniarde call olla podrida Then they putte yt out into disches and sett before the companye and then they make good cheere together Yet are they moderate in their eatinge wher by they auoide sicknes I would to god wee would followe their exemple For wee should bee free from many kynes of diseasyes which wee fall into by sumptwous and vnseasonable banketts continuallye deuisinge new sawces and prouocation of gluttonnye to satisfie our vnsatiable appetite XVI Their sitting at meate Their manner of feeding is in this wise They lay a matt made of bents one the grownde and sett their meate on the mids therof and then sit downe Rownde the men vppon one side and the woemen on the other Their meate is Mayz sodden in suche sorte as I described yt in the former treatise of verye good taste deers flesche or of some other beaste and fishe They are verye sober in their eatinge and trinkinge and consequentlye verye longe liued because they doe not oppress nature XVII Their manner of prainge vvith Rattels abowt te fyer Vvhen they haue escaped any great danger by sea or lande or be returned from the warr in token of Ioye they make a great fyer abowt which the men and woemen sist together holdinge a certaine fruite in their hands like vnto a rownde pompiō or a gourde which after they haue taken out the fruits and the seedes then fill with smal stons or certayne bigg kernellt to make the more noise and fasten that vppon a sticke and singinge after their manner they make merrie as myselfe obserued and noted downe at my beinge amonge them For it is a strange custome and worth the obseruation XVIII Theirdanses vvhich they vse att their hyghe feastes At a Certayne tyme of the yere they make a great and solemne feaste wherunto their neighbours of the townes adioninge repayre from all parts euery man attyred in the most strange fashion they can deuise hauinge certayne marks on the backs to declare of what place they bee The place where they meet is a broade playne abowt the which are planted in the grownde certayne posts carued with heads like to the faces of Nonnes couered with theyr vayles Then beeing sett in order they dance singe and vse the strangest gestures that they can possiblye deuise Three of the fayrest Virgins of the companie are in the mydds which imbrassinge one another doe as yt wear turne abowt in their dancinge All this is donne after the sunne is sett for auoydinge of heate When they are weerye of dancinge they goe oute of the circle and come in vntill

rāke differing from other halfe a fadome or a yarde and the holes also in euery ranke as much By this meanes there is a yarde spare ground betwene euery hole where according to discretion here and there they set as many Beanes and Peaze in diuers places also among the seedes of Macócqwer Melden and Planta Solis The ground being thus set according to the rate by vs experimented an English Acre conteining fourtie pearches in length and foure in breadth doeth there yeeld in croppe or ofcome of corne beanes and peaze at the least two hūdred London bushelles besides the Macócqwer Melden and Planta Solis When as in England fourtie bushelles of our wheate yeelded out of such an acre is thought to be much I thought also good to note this vnto you if you which shall inhabite and plant there maie know how specially that countrey corne is there to be preferred before ours Besides the manifold waies in applying it to victuall the increase is so much that small labour and paines is needful in respect that must be vsed for ours For this I can assure you that according to the rate we haue made proofe of one man may prepare and husbane so much grounde hauing once borne corne before with lesse thē foure and twentie houres labour as shall yeelde him victuall in a large proportiō for a twelue mōeth if hee haue nothing else but that which the same groūd will yeelde and of that kinde onelie which I haue before spoken of the saide groūd being also but of fiue and twentie yards square And if neede require but that there is ground enough there might be raised out of one and the selfsame ground two haruestes or ofcomes for they sowe or set and may at anie time when they thinke good from the middest of March vntill the ende of Iune so that they also set when they haue eaten of their first croppe In some places of the countrey notwithstanding they haue two haruests as we haue heard out of one and the same ground For English corne neuertheles whether to vse or not to vse it you that inhabite maie do as you shall haue farther cause to thinke best Of the grouth you need not to doubt for barlie oates and peaze we haue seene proof of not beeing purposely sowen but fallen casually in the worst sort of ground and yet to be as faire as any we haue euer seene here in England But of wheat because it was musty and hat taken salt water wee could make no triall and of rye we had none Thus much haue I digressed and I hope not vnnecessarily nowe will I returne againe to my course and intreate of that which yet remaineth appertaining to this Chapter There is an herbe which is sowed a part by it selfe is called by the inhabitants Vppówoc In the West Indies it hath diuers names according to the seuerall places countries where it groweth and is vsed The Spaniardes generally call it Tobacco The leaues thereof being dried and brought into powder they vse to take the fume or smoke thereof by sucking it through pipes made of claie into their stomacke and heade from whence it purgeth superfluous fleame other grosse humors openeth all the pores passages of the body by which meanes the vse thereof not only preserueth the body from obstructiōs but also if any be so that they haue not beene of too long continuance in short time breaketh them wherby their bodies are notably preserued in health know not many greeuous diseases wherewithall wee in England are oftentimes afflicted This Vppówoc is of so precious estimation amongest then that they thinke their gods are maruelously delighted therwith Wherupon sometime they make hallowed fires cast some of the pouder therein for a sacrifice being in a storme vppon the waters to pacifie their gods they cast some vp into the aire and into the water so a weare for fish being newly set vp they cast some therein and into the aire also after an escape of danger they cast some into the aire likewise but all done with strange gestures stamping somtime dauncing clapping of hands holding vp of hands staring vp into rhe heauens vttering therewithal and chattering strange words noises We our selues during the time we were there vsed to suck it after their maner as also since our returne haue found maine rare and wonderful experiments of the vertues thereof of which the relation woulde require a volume by it selfe the vse of it by so manie of late men women of great calling as else and some learned Phisitions also is sufficient witnes And these are all the commodities for sustenance of life that I know and can remember they vse to husband all else that followe are founde growing naturally or wilde Of Rootes Openavk are a kind of roots of round forme some of the bignes of walnuts some far greater which are found in moist marish grounds growing many together one by another in ropes or as thogh they were fastnened with a string Being boiled or sodden they are very good meate Okeepenavk are also of round shape found in dry grounds some are of the bignes of a mans head They are to be eaten as they are taken out of the ground for by reason of their drinesse they will neither roste nor seeth Their tast is not so good as of the former rootes notwithstanding for want of bread somtimes for varietie the inhabitants vse to eate them with fish or flesh and in my iudgement they doe as well as the houshold bread made of rie heere in England Kaishúcpenauk a white kind of roots about the bignes of hen egs nere of that forme their tast was not so good to our seeming as of the other and therfore their place and manner of growing not so much cared for by vs the inhabitāts notwithstanding vsed to boile eate many Tsinaw a kind of roote much like vnto the which in England is called the China root brought from the East Indies And we know not anie thing to the cōtrary but that it maie be of the same kind These roots grow manie together in great clusters and doe bring foorth a brier stalke but the leafe in shape far vnlike which beeing supported by the trees it groweth neerest vnto wil reach or climbe to the top of the highest From these roots while they be new or fresh beeing chopt into small pieces stampt is strained with water a iuice that maketh bread also being boiled a very good spoonemeate in maner of a gelly and is much better in tast if it bee tempered with oyle This Tsinaw is not of that sort which by some was caused to be brought into England for the China roote for it was discouered since and is in vse as is afore saide but that which was brought hither is not yet knowne neither by vs nor by the inhabitants to serue for any vse or purpose although the rootes in shape are very